The Berlin Wall (JFK) E. Opposing Military Alliances: 1. NATO* Alliance: Western European countries + US & Canada in a mutual defensive alliance=DEMOCRACIES.

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The Berlin Wall (JFK)

E. Opposing Military Alliances: 1. NATO* Alliance: Western European countries + US & Canada in a mutual defensive alliance=DEMOCRACIES 2. Warsaw Pact*:Soviet alliance with Eastern Europe=COMMUNIST

Warsaw Pact Nations

V. The Cold War Heats Up A. Repression in Eastern Europe 1. Revolts in East Germany & Poland, squashed by Soviets with troops, violence 2. Stalin died 1953, but communism kept on

3. The Hungarian Revolt 1956: a. Soviet troops=thousands killed 4. Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968: a. Soviet troops sent in to put down revolt

B. The Arms Race 1. Both now had the Atomic Bomb a. tried to keep up with eachother in amount b. = MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

C. The Space Race 1. 1957: USSR launched Sputnik* (1st object in space)

2.=US creation of NASA a. US satellite launched in 1958 to keep up 3. USSR: 1st man in space, Yuri Gagaron 1961

4. US: 1st man on the moon July 1969, Apollo 11 & Neal Armstrong

VI. Conflicts Around the World A. The Cold War in East Asia (containment) 1. Korean War: 1950-1953 Communist North Korea v. Democratic South Korea -support of USSR --support of UN -support of China --support of US (both Communist) =54,000 US deaths +containment worked http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/korean_w.gif http://www2.sptimes.com/pdfs/koreanwar.pdf

2. Vietnam (ex-French Colony) War: North Vietnam v. South Vietnam -Communist -Democratic -ruler: Ho Chi Minh -ruler: Ngo Dinh Diem -support of China -US involvement 1964-75 = 57,000 US deaths *Containment failed

B. The Cold War in the Middle East 1. Arab States & Israel a. Gamal Abdel Nasser: ruler of Egypt 1950s i. Nationalized Suez Canal: i.e. Egypt took control of it from the British ii. Support of USSR: built Aswan Dam iii. Went to war twice w/ Israel (Jewish) 1. US supported Israel (the only democracy in the Middle East & the enemy of Egypt)

Suez Canal

Aswan Dam

Sinai War: Egypt v. Israel

2. Iran (Shiite) & Iraq (Sunni) a. Oil=fuel of the Cold War i. US & USSR both wanted the oil b. Iranian Revolution: 1979 i. Muslim fundamentalists came to power (Shiite Islam) 1.=anti-US

c. Persian Gulf War: US v. Iraq in 1991 d. War on Terror today in Iraq ii. Iraq v. Iran in war: 1980-1987 1. US: supported Iraq v. Iran c. Persian Gulf War: US v. Iraq in 1991 d. War on Terror today in Iraq 1. Sunni v. Shiite Islam after the fall of Saddam Hussein

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